I almost fell into a serious trap, purchasing a Casio watch from a "top rated seller". The price for the watch was acceptable, and I nearly finalized the transaction, but fortunately, caught the outrageous shipping at the last moment. In this case, the seller was charging $302.90 for USPS Priority Mail shipping from Oakton Virginia.
It wasn't an inadvertent error. I reviewed 54 pages of this sellers store, and the vast majority of the listings, had shipping charges of hundreds and hundreds of dollars above any reasonable fees. To Canada that is. Not for US buyers. This creates a environment of financial peril for Canadian consumers.
Although eBay may not overtly counsel such behavior , they certainly have set an example and precedent, by subjecting Canadians to the sub standard service, and exorbitant rapes charged through the GSP program. And they reward behavior like the above mentioned crook, by pronouncing these shameless opportunists to be "top rated sellers". Maybe that title is how they reward sellers who are able to inspire Pitney Bowes into charging new premiums for the underwhelming service they foist upon us. I'm sure that PB and eBay are enrichening themselves, more than usually, as they reap the bounty of this pandemic, but when will enough be enough?
